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IB TODAY: Partly cloudy; high mid-80s IIELPOG THE HOMELESS The Inter-Faith Council shelter and community volunteers provide help for the area's homeless HONORED: UNC men's and women's swimming coach Frank Comfort, given a 25-year service award by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Comfort is in his 16th season with UNC. SIDELINED: For up to six weeks, Cleveland Browns Q8 Bernie Kosar, who suffered a hairline fracture of his right ankle in Monday night's loss to Miami THURSDAY: Partly cloudy; i Members of the University community will commemorate the legacy I of Sonja Stone at 7 p.m. today in Memorial Hall hign mia-BUs tissn: study Abroad will have an information session on Univer sity of Belgrano in Argentina at 4:30 p.m. in 12 Caldwell. 100th Year of Editorial Freedom Est. 1893 Serving the students and the University community since J 893 1992 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Volume 100, Issue 62 Wednesday, September 16, 1992 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NrmSpoftiAfli BtiiineH Advertising 961- 014 962- 1161 y 4 ( Striata Coalition rejects Hardini? committee plan By Anna Griffin University Editor Chancellor Paul Hardin said Tues day that Provost Richard McCormick would lead a committee to consider any and all proposals for expanding the black cultural center, but the student coalition for a free-standing BCC responded by saying they would meet only with the chancellor himself. The proposed committee would be composed of students, faculty and staff members and would investigate sug gestions members of the University community have for expansion of the BCC, McCormick said. The group would look at plans for expanding the existing BCC and plans for a free-standing center. "Certainly it's going to be a balanced group," McCormick said. "Definitely it will include some students who support a free-standing BCC." McCormick said the committee would come up with at least one con crete proposal for the chancellor, who Wilkerson won't be charged for false signature on letter By Paul Bredderman StafT Writer Former Chapel Hill Town Council member Roosevelt Wilkerson probably could not be found guilty of a misde meanor for falsifying Mayor Ken Broun's signature on a letter, Orange Chatham District Attorney Carl Fox said Tuesday Broun an nounced Wilker son's resignation from the council Monday night. The letter bear ing Broun's falsi fied signature was sent to speed plans for a senior citizen housing develop ment that would be Wilkerson affiliated with New Covenant Christian Church, of which Wilkerson is pastor, Fox said. Wilkerson also sent a second letter of support to United Church Homes dated Sept. 10, 1991, in which he falsely iden tified himself as mayor pro tempore, See WILKERSON, page 7 r Assaults trigger more concern By James Lewis Staff Writer In the wake of an assault on campus and two unrelated off-campus assaults Saturday morning, personal safety should continue to be a concern of stu dents and other campus community members. University officials said Tues day. The campus assault, which occurred near Gardner and Dey halls at 1 :06 a.m., involved a female student that was walk ing alone. The student was approached from behind by a man that, according to po lice reports, asked to walk the victim home. After she refused, the assailant took the victim's Mace from her, sprayed her in the face and fled the scene. Maj. Don Gold of the University Police said that the victim did not get a good enough look at the suspect to make an accurate composite sketch and that the police had no new leads con cerning the case. The campus assault, along with two incidents that occurred off campus dur Scheduling By Kristen Huffman Staff Writer The Marching Tar Heels played mu sic at Saturday's home football game but did not march at halftime because scheduling conflicts kept them from practicing a halftime show. The Tar Heels, UNC ' s marching pep band, performed at the game and marched beforehand but did not put the music and marching together. Eve Mclntire, a sophomore from Live, live, live!!! Life is a banquet and some poor after approving it, would take it to po tential donors and the Board of Trust ees. "This is serious," McCormick said. "There is going to be a product." In his announcement, which was faxed to members of the press Tuesday night, Hardin says that the time has come for students and administrators to sit down and come up with a concrete solution for giving the BCC the facili ties it needs. "Before I came to UNC as chancel lor, our trustees had approved the estab lishment of a black cultural center on our campus, and temporary space was made available in the Frank Porter Gra ham Student Union," Hardin said in the release. "During the past year, disagree ment has arisen over an aspect of the future of the Stone Center. "Superficially, the disagreement is architectural. Deeper down, the prob lem is misunderstandings about how decisions are made in our university. Still deeper down, the problem is that we have not succeeded in eliminating Ewell plans to apply for council seat By Chad Merritt Staff Writer Mickey Ewell, a candidate defeated in last year's election for Chapel Hill Town Council, said Tuesday that he planned to apply to fill Roosevelt Wilkerson's newly vacated seat. Wilkerson stepped down from the council Monday after admitting he fal sified Mayor Ken Broun's signature. Broun said the next step for the coun cil would be to appoint a new council member. Although anyone may apply for the vacant position, Broun said he would like to see the council appoint another member from the black community. "I intend to contact leaders in the African-American community to so licit names and encourage people to apply," Broun said. But Ewell, who also is chairman of the conservative political watchdog group TaxWatch, said he believed he could fairly represent the concerns of black residents of Chapel Hill. "I feel that I can represent the whole ing the weekend, has prompted officials to reiterate the need for students to take responsibility for their own safety. Gold said that at present, UNC offi cials would take no further steps be yond the 24-hour dorm lockup and the presence of additional security officers to tighten campus security. "Students should use well-lighted paths and, if possible, the buddy sys tem," when walking at night, he said. Frederic Schroeder, dean of students, said the University Police were "very aware" of the situation. He said he be lieved police would keep a close eye on all areas of campus. Schroeder advised students "to be very alert to possible problems." Schroeder also said members of the University community should pay close attention to a memorandum sent to all students, faculty and staff Aug. 26 by Chancellor Paul Hardin. The notice, which advised students not to walk alone on campus at night and to take all possible safety precau tions, was not received by some stu dents until last week. Other students received the note ear conflicts resolved; band Charlotte and a member of the flag squad, said conflicting practice field schedules with other UNC teams kept the squad from rehearsing their march ing. "We've been here since a week and a half before school began, but due to conflicting schedules with other teams who needed the field, we were unable to practice our marching," Mclntire said. "Therefore, we couldn't put the mu sic and marching together for Saturday." racism on our campus. But in an official response Tuesday, members of the coalition for a free standing black cultural center said they only would meet with Hardin himself. The response reads: "When Chancellor Hardin states that we have not succeeded in eliminating racism on campus, we must assume that he is speaking from personal experi ence. The Coalition has this response to the Chancellor's statement: "1 ) The Chancellor has not directly communicated to the Student Coalition since Wednesday, June 24th, 1992. All of his 'intermediaries' have stated that the problem lies with the Chancellor himself and not anyone in the adminis tration. These 'intermediaries' have been Provost Richard McCormick, Vice-Chancellor (Donald) Boulton.Don Collins, and Robert Temple. We even had to get his statement that is printed (Tuesday) from another source. "2) We will only respond and meet directly with the Chancellor at this point. We refuse to allow the Chancellor to Black leaders react to resignation . community," he said. "I have tremen dous support from black leaders in the community. Ewell, who owns Spanky's, Squid's and 411 West restaurants, placed fifth last November in a race with four open seats. "I made the commitment to run (last year)," he said. "The community could use input from someone with a business background." All of the candidates that were de feated in last year's election said they might consider applying for the posi tion but had not made final decisions. Candidates from last year's election included Ralph Bass, Ewell, Robert Joesting, Tom McCurdy, Andrew Peterson, Bill Thorpe, Paul Tripodi and Helen Urquhart. Joesting said that although he was interested in the position, he agreed with Broun that the council should have at least one black member. See COUNCIL, page 7 lier, Schroeder said. Hardin's memo also advised students to use the Point-to-Point Shuttle and SAFE Escort to help ensure personal safety. In addition to these alerts, a Crime Prevention and Safety Exposition will be held from 10a.m. until 2 p.m. Thurs day in the Great Hall of the Student Union. The program will be free and open to the public. Lt. Marcus Perry of the University Police said in a press release that the event was created "to provide a forum where the University and community can become aware of the services pro vided by the University and the sur rounding organizations." Gold said the exposition was an ef fort to make "total University resources available to students." Brochures concerning prevention of all types of assault, including rape, sexual assault and racially motivated attacks, will be available, he said. Gold said "support and assistance" will be made available to all victims of assaults. Saxophone section-leader Dave Lawing, a senior from Lilburn, Ga., said that although members of the band were not happy with the situation, they still were concentrating on doing the best job possible. "After band camp was over with, we didn't have a field to practice on the next week," he said. "Our performance consists of march ing and playing music. If we can't go outside to march, then half of our per formance is lost. pass the buck to his underlings. "3) This is no longer a movement; this is a revolution!" In an interview Tuesday night, Hardin said that while he was disappointed with the initial reaction by members of the coalition, his statement was ad dressed to the entire community. "I'm disappointed with that initial response, and I hope it will be re thought," he said. "The matter was handled through the office of press rela tions. We thought the most efficient way to get the report out to the entire community was through the local me dia." The chancellor said he still would encourage McCormick to consider coa lition members for the committee. Hardin also said he hoped some sort of resolution could be reached by No vember or January, when the next two Board of Trustees meetings are to be held. The chancellor did say he was not concerned about meeting the BAC's See BCC, page 2 U jmS,- Cely Chicurel's "Smaug" Local co-op By Rama Kayyali Staff Writer if Twenty years ago, Womancraft was forced to hold bake sales to raise enough money to pay the rent. Today, it's a profitable business with 35 members. Womancraft gives recognition to women in a field in which they have not been taken seriously, member Teresa Van Acker said. "Most women give their beautiful artwork in form of gifts to relatives and friends," Van Acker said. "Women tend to be less business-oriented; this is a place to give them and their work recognition and self-worth." The co-op, located at 41 2 W. Franklin St., is the oldest of its kind in Chapel Hill, dating back to 1972. Artists who want to display their work at Womancraft must become members. Men also are allowed to display art at the co-op. "The importance is quality of work and originality, not gender," Van Acker said. Womancraft is popular because it town that represents the area and its local artists, she added. There is a large group of followers of state," Van Acker said. will march "Obviously, the band was not happy with it. In order to stay productive, we concentrated on our music, so we could at least give the fans a show even if we couldn't do the marching." Jeff Elliott, associate athletic direc tor, said several members of the athletic and music departments met last week in an attempt to find a solution to the problem. Director of Bands James Hile re fused to comment on Saturday' s perfor mance but said he met with Athletic suckers are starving to death. Auntie Mame Spike Lee speech, BAC rally moved to Dean Smith Center ; The rally in support of a free-stand-ing black cultural center, which is ; scheduled to include an appearance by : filmmaker Spike Lee, has been moved r. from Carmichael Auditorium to the s Dean E. Smith Center to accommo date the expected crowd. The event, which originally was : slated to be held at 10 p.m. Friday in i the Pit, was moved Monday to i Carmichael Auditorium. On Tuesday, rally organizers announced the event would take place in the Smith Center, f which seats about 21,500 people. "With the number of people pro jected (to attend), it would be better to put the meeting in the Smith Center, rather than someplace like Carmichael ; or the Pit," said Tim Smith, a member of the Black Awareness Council, one 7T:. , 4, '.MpMiU, from "The Lord of the Rings" is one sculpture (it ' " J ' f 1 iw Jamil' - . i -. 1 1 recognizes female artists is the only gallery in both native and out at half time Saturday Director John Swofford and Elliott to schedule time for the marching band to practice at various fields for the rest of the year. The band expects to be ready to march at Saturday's game, Hile said. Elliott said he thought the band was satisfied with the new schedule. "After that meeting, it was our im pression that the band was satisfied with the practice arrangement they have for the year, given the constraint of a limited number of practice sites," he of the organizations in the coalition for a free-standing BCC. The rally is scheduled to include remarks by Lee and speeches by coa lition leaders. Jeff Elliott, associate athletic di rector, said he would be meeting with BCC student ambassador Amie Epps this morning to discuss specific de tails. "Anytime (a student group) expects a larger crowd than they can fill in the Pit, we try to accommodate them (at the Smith Center),' Elliott said. "(Epps) and I are going to meet to morrow to discuss .specifics, such as when the building doors will open." Lee, best known for films such as Sec BAC, page 2 I I . k oV V'' V j DTHEtin Randall on display at Womancraft Because Womancraft is a co-op, there are no employees. To become a member of Womancraft, the artist must be reviewed by the review committee. Once a member, one has to work at the store once a week, pay a fee and attend the general meetings. Twenty-five percent of the profits go to the shop as commission, according to a report written by Womancraft. The latest member to join Womancraft is Cely Chicurel, a Chapel Hiil native and a former UNC student. Chicurel said Womancraft gave her an avenue to show case her sculpting talent in a supportive atmosphere. Cartoon clay figures of wizards, lizards, snakes and ladders are just a small part of "Fantasies of Clay," Chicurel's first window display at Womancraft. The book "Lord of the Rings" inspired Chicurel's cre ations. She said she listened to the book on tape as she sculpted. Chicurel said her clay creations mostly were based on fantasy creatures from children's books along with her imagination. "I've always enjoyed science fiction," she said. "1 love the imagination of children, and I try to encourage them as much as possible to make up stories for their clay creations." said. Hile said the possibility of building a new field also was discussed at the meeting but refused to comment further on the subject. Hile said he thought University offi cials soon would find a solution to the problem. "It was a very positive meeting," he said. "It looks like there's a possible solution that the athletic department is checking into."
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